[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 112 (Monday, June 12, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38039-38040]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-12468]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


Notice of Summer Subsistence Allowance Increase for the Foreign 
Language and Area Studies Fellowship Program for Fiscal Year 2023

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary Education, Department of Education.

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ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Education (Department) is issuing a notice 
increasing the summer subsistence allowance amount for Fiscal Year (FY) 
2023 for the Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships (FLAS) 
Program, Assistance Listing Number 84.015B. This notice relates to the 
approved information collection under OMB control number 1840-0807.

DATES: This increase is effective June 12, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sarah T. Beaton, International Foreign 
Language Education, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue 
SW, Washington, DC 20202. Telephone: 202-453-7221. Email: 
[email protected].
    If you are deaf, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability and 
wish to access telecommunications relay services, please dial 7-1-1.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Purpose of Program: The FLAS Program allocates academic year and 
summer fellowships to institutions of higher education (IHEs) and 
consortia of such institutions to assist meritorious undergraduate and 
graduate students receiving modern foreign language training in 
combination with area studies, international studies, or the 
international aspects of professional studies. FLAS fellowships may 
also assist graduate students engaged in predissertation level study, 
preparation for dissertation research, dissertation research abroad, or 
dissertation writing.
    FLAS Fellowship Subsistence Allowances: In FY 2021, the Department 
published a notice soliciting applications for the FLAS Program (86 FR 
71466). That notice established the subsistence allowance for a 
graduate student academic year fellowship at $20,000; the subsistence 
allowance for an undergraduate student academic year fellowship at 
$5,000; and the subsistence allowance for a summer fellowship at $2,500 
for graduate and undergraduate students.
    In accordance with 34 CFR 657.31(b)(1), the Department is 
publishing this notice to increase the subsistence allowance amount for 
a summer session to $3,500 per fellow.
    Note: This notice does not solicit applications.
    Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1122.
    Accessible Format: On request to the program contact person listed 
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, individuals with disabilities 
can obtain this document in an accessible format. The Department will 
provide the requestor with an accessible format that may include Rich 
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Nasser Paydar,
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.
[FR Doc. 2023-12468 Filed 6-9-23; 8:45 am]
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